TITLE:              Enabling Multitasking with Novell DOS 7
DOCUMENT ID:        TID14944
DOCUMENT REVISION:  1
DATE:               28MAR94
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NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
Novell DOS 7

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Enabling Multitasking with Novell DOS 7.

1.   At the DOS prompt, type SETUP and press <Enter>.

2.   At the SETUP menu choose Task Management.

3.   You can select to load task switching or multitasking.  Task
switching lets multiple programs be loaded on the same machine, and
you can switch between them.  Only one program is running at a time. 
Multitasking lets multiple programs be loaded at the same time, and
the CPU switches between the different programs fast enough that all
programs appear to be running at the same time.

     NOTE:  Multitasking requires a 386 processor or greater, while
task switching will work on 286 processors and above.

4.   Select Load MultiTasking software.

5.   Select Configure Task Manager.

6.   Several options are available for configuring the Task  Manager. 
You can change the hot-key that pops up the TaskMgr interface menu,
change the foreground to background ratio, change whether NetWare
drives and mappings should be global or local, and set memory
management settings.  Refer to DOSBOOK online documentation for help
on these parameters.

     Select the "Accept the above and continue" option, to accept the
default values assigned by the SETUP utility for your system.

7.   Choose Exit this screen.

8.   Choose Save Changes and Exit.

     SETUP will modify your configuration files to reflect the
options you have selected.

9.   When the message box indicating SETUP is complete appears, press
<Enter>.

10.  Choose Restart Operating System.

11.  As the machine reboots, you will be asked whether to load the
TaskMgr.  Press Y for yes.

     Multitasking is now configured and running on your system.

12.  Press <Ctrl> and <Esc> together (the default hot -key) to bring
up the TaskMgr menu.  Currently, there is only one task in the task
list, which is COMMAND < 1.  This lets you know that task #1 is the
DOS command processor.

     Press <Insert> to create a new task.

13.  You are now at a DOS prompt.  Type DOSBOOK and press <Enter> to
bring up the online documentation in this task.

14.  When DOSBOOK is up, press <Ctrl>+<Esc> to bring up the TaskMgr
menu.  Notice that task #2 is listed as DOSBOOK, and task #1, which
isn't currently running any programs, is still active.

15.  You can switch between tasks by bringing up the TaskMgr menu and
using the arrow keys (or a mouse, if you have a mouse driver loaded),
and selecting the task number to which you want to go.

     Select task #1 and press <Enter>.  You are returned to the DOS
prompt, which is task #1.  Type EDIT AUTOEXEC.BAT and press <Enter>. 
You will be taken into the Novell DOS 7 text editor with the
AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

16.  Press <Ctrl>+<Esc> to bring up the TaskMgr menu. Task #1 is now
listed as EDIT.  TaskMgr will list the currently running program as
the task name in this menu.

17.  Select task #2 and press <Enter>.

18.  Exit DOSBOOK by pressing <Alt> and <X> at the same time.  You
will be taken to the DOS Prompt.

19.  Press <Ctrl>+<Esc> to bring up the TaskMgr menu.

20.  Highlight task #2 and press <Del> to delete the task. You will
be taken to the EDIT program, which is task #1.

21.  Press <Alt> and <X> at the same time to exit EDIT.

22.  Bring up the TaskMgr menu, and delete task #1.  When asked if
you want to remove TaskMgr, press Y for yes.

     Whenever you delete the last task loaded with TaskMgr, you
remove TaskMgr from memory and no longer are running the multitasker
or task switcher.

     To reload the TaskMgr, you can type TASKMGR and press <Enter>.

     Using the technique in the previous steps, you can use the
multitasker to always have a task running DOSBOOK, so the online
documentation is always available for your help at any time.

     For more information on the options available for TaskMgr, see
DOSBOOK online documentation.

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